Life is Beautiful

Motherhood, Sewing, Family

SamGaeTang Recipe

~ Etc.

I decided I’ll post more Asian cooking recipes since we eat Asian food(mostly Korean) about 80% of the time for dinner. I don’t think anyone will complain about that. 🙂 Sorry for all you people out there, but Korean food really is the best food in the world. Okay, Thai food and Chinese and sushi comes very close. 🙂 Even Jay the China Irish man admits Korean food is better than Chinese, GASP~!!! Haha but there are some amazing Chinese dishes out there too, I gotta admit.

So don’t be afraid to try these recipes! I’ve always told people that cooking/baking isn’t hard at all, if you know how to read then you’re a cook! You just need a good recipe to be a good cook. Simple as that. And of course it requires some time, especially when it comes to Korean food. Every dish is really made with TenderLoveCare which I think is wonderful. My mom cooked every single night and I do too and it’s one of the greatest ways to show the family your love. I do apologize for not the most precise measurements of the ingredients since I cook from my head and make it up as I go and not by a recipe.

This is Jay’s top 5 favorite Korean food. 😉
SamGaeTang
1 Whole chicken
7-10 Garlic cloves
10 Dried dates*
2-3 Dried ginseng*
Salt & pepper to taste
1 C. green onions
*dried dates and dried ginseng can be bought at Asian markets. FYI: the dried ginsengs are quiet expensive, my mom brings me some from Korea and it’s about $100 a small bag. That’s why this is considered a gourmet food, a little pricey but very healthy and nutritious. If you don’t want to use ginseng, then just make it without, it’ll still taste good. 🙂
Fill a big pot with water and bring it to a boil. Put in a whole chicken, the water should be covering the entire chicken and some more. Throw in garlic, dates and ginseng. Bring it to a boil. Then turn the heat to medium heat and cover with a little opening in one corner. It should be boiling gently. Let it boil for 3 hrs. The meat should be very soft and it should be falling of the bones by touch. Poke at the meat with a fork and get all the meat out and throw the bones away. Don’t worry about getting all the small bones out.
Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve it with sweet white rice or white rice and top it with chopped green onions.

Comments

  2. Kea says

    Oh and i demand a bi bim bap recipe and a bulgogi recipe and a chap chey (sp??!!) recipe…and the recipe for the potatoes panchan (sp?) the kind yummy's in hawaii serves.

    thank you.
    ha ha.

  3. Sarah says

    sweet white rice is more sticky, they use that to make rice cakes usually. And kea, haha you're so cute, i actually was going to do a bibimbap recipe soon, I took the pics already and everything. And I'll post all those other ones too, I promise! 🙂

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *